January 29, 2021
LAHORE: The prevalence of typhoid infection across the country has assumed alarming proportions. In 2017 alone, Global Burden of Diseases survey found 914,515 typhoid cases in Pakistan of which 63 percent were children under 15. The Punjab government is launching a vaccination campaign against typhoid from Feb1-15 to overcome the dreadful disease.
This transpired during a seminar Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine held under the aegis of Mir Khalilur Rehman Welfare Society (MKRMS) in collaboration with UNICEF and Saanjh Preet Organization presided over by Governor Punjab Chaudhry Muhammad Sawrar, while the chief guest was special adviser to chief minister on information and broadcasting Dr Firdaus Ashiq Awan.
January 29, 2021
LAHORE: The prevalence of typhoid infection across the country has assumed alarming proportions. In 2017 alone, Global Burden of Diseases survey found 914,515 typhoid cases in Pakistan of which 63 percent were children under 15. The Punjab government is launching a vaccination campaign against typhoid from Feb1-15 to overcome the dreadful disease.
This transpired during a seminar Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine held under the aegis of Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman Memorial Society (MKRMS) in collaboration with UNICEF and Saanjh Preet Organization presided over by Governor Punjab Chaudhry Muhammad Sawrar, while the chief guest was special adviser to chief minister on information and broadcasting Dr Firdaus Ashiq Awan. SVP Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine Prof Dr Azizur Rehman said typhoid was caused through unhealthy foods, salad, contaminated water and unwashed hands, and warned that during the last few weeks, a large number of typhoid patients were admitted to hospitals in